Proverbs 14:12 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

There is a way -- right before a man, And its latter end [are] ways of death.

English ASV

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.

English Amplified

There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him, but at the end of it is the way of death.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him, but at the end of it is the way of death.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way to death.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is the ways of death.

English EASY 2024

You may think that you are on a good, straight road. But in the end, that road may lead you to death.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

There is a way that people think is right, but it leads only to death.

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

What you think is the right road may lead to death.

English God's Word - GW 1995

There is a way that seems right to a person, but eventually it ends in death.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

English KJV 1611

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

English LSB

There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its latter end leads to death.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Sometimes a way seems right to a man, but the end of it leads to death!

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

There is a way that may seem right to a man. But in the end it leads to death.

English NIV

There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

English NKJ 1982

There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

English NLT

There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way to death.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

You can rationalize it all you want and justify the path of error you have chosen, but you’ll find out in the end that you took the road to destruction.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Before every man there lies a wide and pleasant road that seems right but ends in death.

English Tyndale 1537

There is a way which some men think to be right, but the end thereof leadeth unto death.

Proverbs 14:12 — Compare Translations